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Bismillah irRahman irRaheem
In the Name of Allaah, The Most Gracious, The Most Kind
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Hijri date: Sunday 24 Jumaada al-awal 1420 A.H.
Continued..
Allah, ta'ala, has said in Suratul 'An'aam: 1, "... yet those who
disbelieve hold others as equal with their Lord." and "... verily, joining
others in worship with Allah is a great sin", and because of
that, Allah does notforgive it unless the person makes "tauba" -
repentance.
In the hadith, it said "al ya's min rauhillah", that is, despairing of
being with Allah / being cut off from all hope or expectation from Allah of
what he fears and hopes for. This is having a poor opinion of Allah
(denying His qualities of Mercy, Justice and Forgiveness) and igorance of
Him, the wode scope of His Mercy, His Presence and His Forgiveness.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, also said in the hadith, listing
some of the major sins, ". . . wal 'aman min makrillah", referring again to
the aspect of "al istid-raaj", the gradual seizing
of a person, or persons, or nation and his/their negation of what they have
been given of faith and we seek refuge in Allah from that, and, in
reality, it is ignorance of Allah, His attributes, especially His Might,
and self-trust and conceit.
It is pointed out that this hadith only names 3 major sins; there are many
others; however these 3 are the most serious of them mentioned in
Qur'an and Sunnah and recorded by the Sahaabah, Taabi'een and Tabi'
Taabi'een who recorded what he said -- every sin results in Allah's pun-
ishment with fire or a curse or anger or punishment. Sheikh Ibn
Taymiyyah added, "and it nullifies emaan." The author reminds us that
the Messenger of Allah often said that who ever does this act or that act
is not of us. Ibn Abbas said, in reference to the major sins that there
are more than 700 and that there is no "kabeera" with forgiveness and no
minor sin with insistence or willfulness.
The author calls attention to "ar-rajaa' " hope and "al khauf" fear: If a
person fears Allah, then he should not despair and give up all hope;
rather, he should hope for Allah's Mercy. The Salaf (the pious
predecessors) used like to strengthen their fear of Allah, especially
in times of sickness, one should be hopeful -- and this was the way of Abu
Aulaimaan Ad-Daarani and others. He said that fear should be very dear to
the heart. If hope overcomes the fear, the heart is spoiled. Allah'
ta'ala, said in verse 12 of Suratul Mulk, "For those who fear their Lord
(and don't see him), there is forgiveness and many blessings" and Allah
said in Suratun Nur: 37 "They fear a Day when hearts and
eyes will be overturned [14:37 and in Suratul Mu'minoon: 60
and Suratul Zumar: 9 and it the ayah, it is noted that warning or fear
precedes ar'rajaa' - hope.
* [Omm Rafiq's note: I feel it necessary to point out that in the
explanation of the word "is-tid-raaj", we see that the dictionary meaning
of it is: to make gradually, to advance/rise gradually, to promote
something by degrees, to lead someone gradually, bring someone around
to..., to lure into destruction" [Hans-Wehr's A Dictionary of Modern
Written Arabic] However, we cannot say that "Allah lured them to their
destruction. No, what is meant here is that He gives them time plenty of
time to either take the straight path, the path of Allah, or to continue in
their rejection, sins and refusal of guidance. We know that Allah is just
but sometimes we may tend to look at the Kufaar as "getting
all the breaks", "living the life", "having it all", but we must remember,
as it is explained to us here, that this is for a purpose. It's like giving
someone enough rope to hang himself, in a sense. Allah has given them
every opportunity and more than enough time. He gives them time to think
of the blessings He has bestowed upon them and to realize that they have
been doing is wrong. On the Last Day, no one will have been oppressed in
receiving the punishment or reward for his
actions during his life. You know how when a child gets caught at
something, he will offer all kinds of excuses for what happened, how there
wasn't enough time, how he didn't know, he didn't realize -- then he will
even try to say that what is happening to him is unfair. On that Day, the
Kufaar, and everyone will know, that there will be no
excuses made because there will not be any to be made. He cannot say , I
didn't know or I didn't realize or THERE WASN'T ENOUGH TIME!]
Omm Rafiq
Makkah
The above was based upon this book and the course notes I have from
"Ayaatul Aqeedah", Umm Al Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
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Allahumma, akthar maali, wa waladi, wa baarik li fima
'ataitani, w'atil hayaati ala taa'atik wahsin 'amali waghfirli
O Allah, increase my wealth and offspring and bless me (give me
baraka)in what You give me And make the rest of my life in Your
obedience, make my deeds the best deeds, and forgive me.
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Allahumma,I seek refuge in You from knowledge that does not benefit,
from a heart that is not subdued,
from a supplication that is not answered,
and from a soul that is not satisfied.
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